The Bookplate Society
Members Auction 69 To take place on 5 October 2013
Please post bids to Peter McGowan:Nethergreen House, 9 The Green, Ruddington, Notts NG11 6DY
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£1 / Pict arm Sir Montague Cholmeley Bart, sgd AW del 2nd Feb 1826, F.5791, by Albert Way; wreath/ribbon arm Sir Geo: Cooke Bart, sgd Yates scul. F.6702; Chip arm by Stephens - Sr John Hynde Cotton Bart. F.6996; arm loz Phila. L Cotton festoon arm lozenge F.7002. (4) / 16
2 / Chip pict arm Edvardi Cooper F.6767; eared arm Charles Purton Cooper Esqr. Wadham College and Lincoln’s Inn, F.6760; later arm of same man listing 8 of the letters after his name, F.6761; arm Sir Joseph Copley Bart, F.6836. (4) / 12
3 / Classic pict of Anna Damer by Agnes Berry 1793 & Francis Legat, F.7906, but some damage & lacks border; Chip arm John Damer Esqr. F.7908; Chip lozenge arm [F.E. Downing in MS], F.8997. (3) / 14
4 / Good pict library interior arm [Sir] T[homas] Gascoigne [Bart] Parlington, seated figure and Muse, sgd: Hughes fecit Bond Street F.11723. Minor foxing etc. / 9
5 / Excellent early arm, Paul Jodrell of Duffield etc, small size F.16508. / 14
6 / Large festoon 2 shields accolle on plinth, Sir John Hussey Delaval Bart. F.8419 / 8
7 / Early arm The Honble Charles James Fox (the statesman) F.11144. [From same copper as the 1702 plate of Charles Fox]. / 10
8 / Pict arm T.A. Guinness sgd HSM 1891 [H Stacy Marks for son-in-law Thomas Archibald, m.Edith Fanny H Marks 1885; he d.1913], depicting an alchemist, F.13049; eared arm W.L. Guinness [Bart.] NIF. (2) / 6
9 / Celebrated & classic large Jac arm plate of Sr Francis Fust (he succ 1728, d.1769) with multiple quarterings. F.11497. Baronetcy created 1662 (date on plate). / 10
10 / Decorative pict Samuel S Joseph sgd:. Sherborn RPE 1891. Includes in a panel a representation of Jan Vermeer’s “The Soldier & the Laughing Girl” (c.1657-8). / 8
11 / 5 colourful floral plates for Vagn Clemmensen by Tibbr Moskal, Hungary, 1972. / 5
12 / Mod pict arm for Carlo Chiesa (Italy) by A Kalaschnikov (USSR); picts by Woiciech Jakubowski (Poland) for himself and for Ilona Semsey. (3) / 6
13 / Vesica pict arm of J.A. Carrington Chancellor of the Diocese of Exeter, F.5230; 18thC arm Sir John Caldwell Bart. F.4872; arm & books above a mural tablet, Caroli Garrett Arm [plus inscription, b.1674, gifted 1748]. F.11702. (3) / 12
14 / Anon arm of Henry Clinton, succ 1768 as 2nd Duke of Newcastle d.1794, F.6116; eared shield arm William Henry Seed, NIF. (2) / 7
15 / David & Hermione Chambers – 2 calligraphic labels in green by Will Carter and Leo Wyatt; David Chambers, small design by O Premstaller (Austria). (3) / 5
16 / 18C spade shield arm against tree for James Watts, two tears across image but not too visible, and this is a nice plate NIF. / 9
17 / Mod arm John Roland Abbey sgd: JF Badeley 1920 for celebrated bibliophile. / 12
18 / Mod arm J Maundy-Gregory sgd: JF Badeley 1927, for seller of honours. Choice. / 16
19 / Etched arm in brown for Walter Cave sgd: GWE[ve 19]’04. / 9
20 / Etched arm for Wilfred Robert Truesdell,, unsigned & undated later state of the 1905 plate for Wilfred Porter Truesdell. / 9
21 / Fine etched full arm for Richard George Penn Earl Howe sgd: GWE 1902. Good. / 14
22 / Ex Libris Leonard Tomlins, in orange-red, calligraphic merchant’s mark & lion by Edward Johnston, 1872-1944, father of British calligraphy, teacher of Eric Gill / 12
23 / Lord Walter Talbot Kerr GCB Admiral of the Fleet, arm garter & collar, sgd: GJ 1913 by Lyon Court heraldic artist Graham Johnston. / 10
24 / George Henry Falkiner Nuttall, drawn arm , several shields set in branches sgd: AG Law Samson del. Lyon Court, also a Scottish heraldic artist. / 8
25 / Arms for Philip Francis Tillard and Jacobi Boughey Monk Lingard-Monk (with 12 quarterings), both sgd: Harry Soane sc. / 8
26 / Spade shield arms: wreath & ribbon John Woodd, F.32433; John Woodhouse Esqr, Aramstone, F.32461; John Wodehouse, with supporters, F.32230. (3) / 12
27 / Ex Libris William Cash, crest sgd: E H New 1910; small label Ex Libris Cheltenham Ladies College, unsigned but also by E H New. / 8
28 / The Right Honble Henrietta Countess of Pomfret Lady of the Bedchamber to the Queen [Fermor] two shields accolle, supporters. F.10403. Nice 18C lady’s plate. / 14
29 / Robert Anning Bell: Ex Libris Frederic Leighton sgd: R A Bell 94. Fine and large art nouveau pict, woman seated below tree with Pan playing pipes. 201x120mm / 28
30 / WDC – Catalani, sgd: DYC[ameron]. Swirling initials by celebrated Scottish fine art etcher David Young Cameron, 1912, for a diplomat. / 18
31 / 2 engraved labels: CG Young College of Arms; This Book belongs to HRC Martin, College of Arms; printed label: This Book belongs to Eric N[eville]. Geijer. College of Arms. (Rouge Dragon 1926-41). (3) / 7
32 / Harold Nelson: pict for Raymond A Stokes sgd: N. / 6
33 / GW Plank: Wood-engraved letter D suspended from a ribbon by 2 angels, with landscape below. #24 in Blatchly’s book. Ascribed to Hilda Doolittle, 1886-1961. / 10
34 / Good mod arm: The Honourable Sir Francis John Hopwood; and his later plate The Right Honourable Lord Southborough, SS monogram & baron’s coronet. (2) / 7
35 / Portcullis, mace, crest, shield: William Court Gully, Speaker of the House of Commons, sgd: J F Badeley fecit (1902). Some dust/ink marks. / 8
36 / 1890s Album 29x23cm approx. 3cm thick, half-bound, marbled paper on boards, WHK Wright’s Plymouth library bookplate of on front paste-down. Contains 100 ills, British & foreign, of bookplates reproduced in the Ex Libris Journal, Vols 1, 2 & 3. Interesting survival from Wright’s time as editor of the ELJ. Some foxing. / 15
37 / History book rebound with blank pages. Note at front: “Premium, presentation, prize & gift ex libris collected by George Henry Wright, each taken personally from a book; all genuine ex libris”. School and Sunday school premiums, mostly 1890-1910, many litho coloured universals. Includes The Association Incorporated for Discountenancing Vice, a dozen Scottish and The Drawing Society. Interesting, colourful assembly. 135 tipped-in. PLUS 65 loose. (200) / 32
38 / Sherborn (not sgd): The Honble Robert Henry Meade 1879. Arm for 2nd son of 3rd Earl of Clanwilliam. He lived 1835-98. Under-Secretary for the Colonies. / 8
39 / Aubrey Beardsley label: From the Library of Frederick H. Evans, 43x77mm.
MS addition in red ink of letters A B E E in corners of central compartment. / 40
40 / 5 arms for University Colleges all with cancellation stamps: Liber Coll Ball Oxon, F33400 or 401; Collegium Sancti Johannis Baptistae in Academia Oxon, F33458; Collegium Sancti Johannis Evangelistae in Academia Catabrigiensi, F33322; same inscription plus date 1792, F33319; Coll de Gonvile et Caius, later Jac, F33286. / 12
41 / Large & fine Jac arm for Charles Lord Elphinstone (9th Baron, d.1757), R.Cooper fecit, Edenr, F9820. / 10
42 / 4 Jac arms: Henry Home of Kames, F15212; Augustine Earle of Heydon in the County of Norfolk Esqr, F9487; John Wickham,Coll:Ball:Soc, F31683; William Sedgwick,B.D. Queens College Cambridge, F26422. / 16
43 / 3 arm plates for private libraries: Doddington Library, sides over trimmed; Croxteth Library (Molyneux), Jac,F20803; Castle Menzies Library, Jac, F20358. / 10
44 / 4 nice Premium plates: University of Cambridge Local Examinations, Manchester Centre, awarded 1873, pict arm; Presented by the Swedenborg Society, Instituted in London 1810, silhouette of Founder; Presented by the Feoffees of Chethams Hospital (in 1876), arm on blue paper;” Presented to” followed by MS reference to Walter Hugh Price being bound Apprentice to J.A.Price Liveryman at Coopers Hall London 7th July 1903, arm. / 20
45 / 4 19c library plates and a receipt: English Book Society Hanover; Luton Library Class—Ecclesiastical History in MS, nice arm with supporters; Library of the Royal Artillery Institution, fine arm & pict of cannon; This Book was presented to the Athenaeum and then in MS “by His Grace The Archbishop of York, 1867 pict of classical bust, Freebairn Sct; Bank of Scotland, arm with supporters; The Camden Society, a receipt for the year’s subscription 1842, pict of the founder with dates. (5) / 15
46 / 7 library plates: Gladstone Library, National Liberal Club, seal with crest; Societatis Numismaticae Britt Omn, seal with Brittania and galleon; Royal Thames Yacht Club, sailing boat in rope & anchor frame; Ecclesiae Metropolitanae Wesmonasteriensis, 4 small arms in classical portico; City of Wesminster Public Libraries by W.W.B. 1904, portcullis arm with supporters, withdrawn stamp; The University of Liverpool, arm; Army and Navy Club, crest in garter, crown & wreath. / 15
47 / 6 20c pict plates: John H.T.Goldsmith, a dragon; Walter J.Hall, medieval hall interior; John Francis Neylan by John Henry Nash Inv and William H.Wilke Del, a fireside; Honor & William Brock, harbour with boats; universal by Edward Gorey 1953, robed man reaching for books on shelves; universal, girl amongst trees in frame of flowers / 10
48 / 8 20c pict plates for ladies: Jessie Smyth, fireside; Alice Philippa Drew, mother surrounded by four children; Lilian Ida Earle, women smelling a rose; Maud Perry Coste, harbour with many boats; Sybil G.Atkinson, floral; Esme Rochfort Squarey, seated Pan; Laura M.Adlington by Ethel M.Dobbin, Elizabethan women reading with angel at shoulder; Jane Miller, maiden picking grapes. / 10
49 / 7 plates for ladies: Stephanie Kelvin by Derek Riley 1982, signed & dated Opus 41, 1982, pict of a wren; Victoria Hall-Her Book, 32 Magpie Road, NR3 1JQ, magpie with its nest in blue; Mabel Dronsfield, a spinning wheel; Arabella Birt, naked child writing music; Mary Barbara Hales, Virgin & child with lozenge arm; Alfreda Ernestine Albertha Bowen, potted tree with two cherubs; Viscountess Wolseley, initials in beaded frame surmounted by a coronet. / 12
50 / 6 19c arms: Edmund Lionel Wells Dymoke (Barrister 1814-92); Raymond Carlyon Carlyon-Britton; Hon Harry Lee-Dillon; Gulielmi Johannis Vernon, a seal; anon for Graham of Ardoch, tired; Amadei Suajer, florid German arm. / 8
51 / 5 17c & 18c arms: The Right Honble Charles Viscount Bruce of Ampthill etc etc 1712, early arm, F4127; Miss Coke, Chip loz, F6319; Sir William Forbes Bart of Pitsligo, F10938; Joseph Grote, festoon spade shield, F12983; George Grote, spade shield in a garter with festoon & wreath, the historian, NIF. / 8
52 / 3 Premiums & 2 library plates: London County Council, Battersea N., St Georges C. of E. School, New Road S.W.8, awarded in 1934-5, school name applied with rubber stamp; Parmiter’s School, arm, awarded 1923; Manchester Grammar School, owl vignette, awarded 1902; University of London (library) arm; Blackie & Son, Glasgow, Priv Lib, in brown on a diamond. / 15
53 / 3 plates by Sherborn: Honble Frances Wolseley, lozenge arm, 1891; Margaret Evelyn Arbuthnot, 1902, pict of church beyond a river, 2 copies on diff paper. / 10
54 / Maud Ethel—Leslie Howard Marten, lovely pict by J.A.C.Harrison, looking out to sea with books, fish and tackle; anon pict by A.N.Macdonald of a landscape painting on a mantleshelf with books & flowers beneath, empty name scroll. / 12
55 / Badger Clark, nice pict of house & trees with tankard, book & yacht on a shield by G.T.Friend 1964; nice sepia pict, One of the books of James Younger Melville, foliage & flowers around a stone cross. (2) / 10
56 / 4 20c picts & a label: Geo A.Marriott, a cottage; F.M.Hilliard, a galleon by S.B.; W.J.Saunders, a bewigged man at a table by D.H.; Sherard Osborn Cowper—Coles, motto & 2 crests; E.Coningsby Myott, Newcastle, Staffs, Guys S.G., label. / 8
57 / 5 19c arms: Sir Lewis S.Stucley, crest; Arthur Arland Allen; Sir William Martins, Knighted 1840, F19892; Sidney Barton; John Poyer Poyer. / 8
58 / Robert Osmond: Arm for Edward Charles & Gladys Cobb, fine, on thick paper. / 8
59 / 2 plates by Sherborn for Constance Penn, one dated 1899, books and flower vase in Chip frame, the other dated 1900, flowers, foliage and books. / 10
60 / 14 British 20c plates: Wedgwood Library (of) Elizabeth Chellis; Walter Dexter, pict of man with hook for hand; Fratrum B.V.M. de Monte Carmelo Aylesfordiae, arm; Frank Staff by P.A.M. del, Sim. Tappertit, pict of Georgian man in old street; The Dickens House, pict of front door of no 48; Harald Olsen, Edinburgh, pict of man carving a boulder; Robert Hawkings, pict of church through a window; Leslie Staples, pict of man, poss Mr Micawber leaving Dickens House and 6 others.
61 / Arnold Hausweiler, pict of a cat by Leslie Benenson and an arm for Principe Paolo Francesco Boncompagni Ludovisi by S.Coradim, Rome. (2) / 10
62 / 9 20c pict plates nicely mounted, 6 French, 1 American, 1 German & 1 Italian incl: Alain de Suzannet; Caroli Sarolea; Jean du Marest by E.Lefebvre 1949;Paul Duplessis de Pouzilhac. (9) / 7
63 / 17 Modern European picts many in colour, various nationalities, Polish, Belgian, Italian & Scandinavian. (17) / 10
64 / 12 modern European picts, some in colour, 7 by Jacques Rasdolsky, Belgium 1970s, 2 by Constantini, Italy, 1970s, 3 by Bachamie Audney, Poland 1971 / 10
65 / 10 modern European picts, some in colour: 2 by Jaroslav Swab, CSSR; 1 by Dusan Janousec, CSSP; 3 by Otto Feil, Austria; 1 by Elfriede Weidenhaus, Germany; 1 by Henryk Sappo, Poland; 1 by Yoichi Kenmoku, Japan; 1 by Anton Vermeylen, Belgium. (10) / 10
66 / GRAPHIA,Issues 95 & 96, Nos 1 & 2 of 1986, journal of the Belgian exlibris association, text in Dutch, both of 36pp. Extensive articles on erotic work of Frank-Ivo van Damme; also Lou Strik and others. 12 tipped-in plates (8 of these by Frank-Ivo) and many illustrations. / 18
67 / Crest in garter - William Blayne, Middle Temple, Dominica, F2774, Oliver #250; Allen #83. / 9
68 / 13 crests featuring gamebirds & peacocks incl: W.Waldegrave Pelham Clay, see F6015, 2 crests; G.A.Dineley Goodyear; Revd Robt Harkness, F13786; Anthony Peacock, Rauceby, see F22988; Digby S.Wrangham, see F32577; Goodyear; Wilfrid Morgan Peacock; Mr J.Tierney; N.Pearse and 4 monograms. / 10
69 / 9 crests featuring lions incl: Richard Pennefather, F23205; Henry Paul F22927; Edward Marsham; Peter Murdoch; Edward Taylor and 4 others / 7
70 / 15 crests featuring birds incl: Samuel S.Beare, F1925; Charles Hood, F15235; John Hodgson Esqr, Lincolns Inn, F14965; Edward W.Johnson, Chichester, F16528; Revd Wm Ed Lord D.D. Lorthiam Rectory; Thomas Henry Steel, F27988; William George Woods; John A.Sellar; Noakes; George Nichols Marcy (2) and 4 others. / 12
71 / 16 crests featuring animals incl: John Thomas Brooks Esqr, F3902; Henry Montonnier Hawkins, see F14152; Anthony Nicholl Hawkins; John Bennet Lawes Esqr, Rothamsted, F17729-30; John Saunders, Wanstead Essex, F26144; John Saunders; G.Hounsfield, F15456; Wm Wilson Saunders, F26155; Thos Shelford, F26655; Sr- - - -Dunbar of Mochrum Bart, see F9258; Nun Appleton (Milner); Henry Hawkins and 4 others. / 15
72 / 3 20c picts: Andrew Currie aught this book, Ardell, Machrihanish by Ducie, “Our eyes behold the Hebrides” rocky islands on sea; Judith & Stephen Dresner, period man at his library desk; M.G.Manton by W.W.47, woodcut of man’s profile with two arms and two theatrical masks. / 6
73 / Dr Otto und Dr Lili Frohlich by O.Travner, German etched pict - winged nude boy with foot on books, in vignette four 18c people take a painting from a chest. / 8
74 / 6 19c arms for the Tynte family of Halswell, Somerset and Cefn-Mabley, Glamorgan: Anne Cooper, arm loz incl quartering as on next plates; Charles J Kemeys Tynte; C.K.Kemeys Tynte ( damaged) and 3 anons all with mottoes in Welsh and Tynte quarterings. / 12
75 / 5 19c arms with the surname Harris: Henry Harris, F138551; Mortimer Harris; Samuel Harris; Norman W.Harris; Sir Augustus Henry Glossop Harris. / 10
76 / 3 spade shield arms: Edward Powell, with festoon; Martin Folkes Rishton Esqr, festoon with two shields accole; John Roberts, with wreath, Johnson fec. / 9
77 / 3 19c arms: Richard H.J.Gurney, 1881; Sir Fredk Hervey Bathurst Bart; Davies Gilbert of Trerea Cornwall & East Bourn Sussex, F11895. / 8
78 / The Bookplate Designs of Franz von Bayros, 62pp listing 312 ex libris with 24 illustrations. Born in Croatia, von Bayros (1866-1924) studied at Munich & Vienna. Known for his erotic art & prosecuted twice but acquitted. / 24
79 / 5 Jac arms: anon for 3rd Baron Carberry (Evans), succ 1759, d.1783, F9980; anon for Newton, F21781; The Rt Honble Frans Ld Brooke, small damage not on image, NIF; John Agar Middle Temple in MS on an anon; & a small anon. / 12
80 / Francis (10th) Earl of Huntingdon, a large impressive Chip arm with two human faced lion supporters, succ 1746, d.1789. / 10
81 / 6 arm library plates: Naval & Military Library & Museum by Silvester & Co, F34155; Scholae Regia Britonensis MDXIX, vesica; Chethams Library Manchester, Langton Sc; Scholae Cliftonensis, seal; Bibliothecae Liber Collegii Regalis Beate Marie de Etona, seal, F33555; Liber E Bibliotheca Regie Schole Etonensis 1881, with separate section below “dono dedit” F33557. / 15
82 / 7 nice arm, later 19c, mounted on card: William , Duke of Bedford, Woburn Abbey, F25709, succ 1861, d.1872; Tho Sopwith M.A.,F.R.S.,F.G.S. 3rd Jan 1813, F27606, 1803-1879, seal by Lambert, grandfather of Tommy Sopwith the aviator; “A”, crest & motto for Hamilton, Earl of Abercorn; Bibliothecae Scholae Harroviensis Liber; anon by Warwick Sc 145 Strand; anon of Earls coronet with initials AF beneath; anon attributed in MS to Bury St Edmunds. / 15
83 / Anon for Robert Southey, F27624, this typical Bewick plate has been cut close, extensive foliage with shield, motto ribbon & crested helm on the ground. Southey, writer & poet ( Bristol, 1774 – Keswick, 1843). Poet Laureate from 1813. Known with his friends Coleridge & Wordsworth as the Lakeland poets. / 15
84 / 14 mainly 20c plates incl: NLC his book, a sea serpent, 2 versions (gold on black & b&w); C.J.Peacock, monogram in the shape of a peacock; Georgii Moffatt, red monogram over saltire shield; Emma Lambert, silhouette of old man; Hanna Pfeiffer 1916 by Paul Pabst, pict of child in landscape; James Hews Bransby by J.Scott sculp, pict of ploughing & sewing; John Legate of The Middle Temple and Trinity College Oxford, college arms in red; Henry G.J.Beck, name & Latin verse; William Shaw Ward 1892 by J.B.C., pict of ribbons; Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, District of Columbia, arm with eagle & 3 others. / 10
85 / 16 mainly 20c plates incl: Joseph Walker, Temple 1888; C.Anthony Penton, pict of book & pig; George Henry Corey, pict of William Sydney Porter, in orange & black; Newton Ingram Alliger, oak leaves & acorns; NLC his book, sea serpent in gold on black; Audrey and Alexander Hall-Maxwell, decorative script; Sylvia Yale Johnston, triangular monogram with animals; James Howatt, wreath and oil lamp; Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, District of Columbia, arm & eagle; William Shaw Ward, 1892 by JBC, pict of ribbons; J.A.D. Worcester, artists palette on an easel and 4 other items not necessarily bookplates. / 6